Canon VIXIA HF R700 lets you capture sharp and steady Full HD video by combining a 57x Advanced Zoom range and SuperRange Optical Image Stabilizer. It features a 3.28MP CMOS image sensor and a DIGIC DV 4 Image Processor that delivers up to 1080/60p video. Video is recorded to SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards in either MP4 (up to 35 Mbps) or AVCHD (up to 28 Mbps) formats. A 3″ capacitive LCD touch panel is provided for easy framing, quick playback, and intuitive operation. Designed with all levels of users in mind, the HF R700 has a wide range of features to automatically adjust image stabilization, zoom magnification, and image control settings to help you get the best possible images. Highlight Priority mode allows you to capture a more natural looking image, and the camera supports fast and slow motion recording. A high-capacity battery is included for longer shooting times.However, if you want to edit Canon Vixia HF R700 AVCHD MTS in Final Cut Pro on Mac OS X, you will meet some problems.

After widely searching and further test, we found that the problems mainly lie in that Final Cut Pro, (FCP 6/7 and FCP X) cannot support the native AVCHD footages from Canon R700. So the first problem you have to solve is how to transcode Canon Vixia HF R700 AVCHD to ProRes, the codec which is specially designed for editing with Final Cut Pro.

Here we recommend the best AVCHD to ProRes Converter-UFUSoft HD Converter for Mac. Its great performance and all the FCP compatible formats included(Apple ProRes 422 HQ, Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT, etc) make it easier for you to import and edit your 1080 50p/60p files from Canon Vixia R700 in Final Cut Pro. Just download it and follow the guide on converting Canon HF R700 MTS to ProRes 422 below.

Once the 1080p AVCHD to Apple ProRes conversion finished, you can run the Final Cut Pro and click File —> Import —> Files to import the converted files and edit them in Final Cut Pro 6/7/X without any rendering or incompatibility problem.